With Afghanistan’s “war rugs” a traditional art form was updated in response to the country’s brutal invasions by other nations. Tim Bonyhady, Two Afternoons in the Kabul Stadium: A History of ...

Sept 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Kabul-born fashion designer Anjilla Seddeqi has long drawn inspiration for her formalwear collections from the bright, intricate and embellished traditional ...

In Afghanistan's capital, shop windows display dazzling ball gowns and three-piece wedding suits -- with the face of each mannequin covered. The morality police have asked stores to hide the ...

"I posted my pic in the traditional Afghan dress to inform, educate, and dispel the misinformation that is being propagated by Taliban," one woman wrote To protest a Taliban-mandated dress code that ...

Horrified by the Taliban's strict dress codes for female students, an Afghanistan historian rallied women to share photos of themselves wearing traditional Afghan dresses. It's a step the women are ...

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Shakila commutes two hours every day from Kabul to her work in nearby Maidan Wardak Province, where she recently found a job as a nurse. Shakila, who has three children, acknowledges it's a long time ...

In the years after the 2001 U.S. invasion and the ouster of the Taliban regime, Associated Press photographer Rodrigo Abd spent months on assignment in Afghanistan and learned how to use a traditional ...